That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 to impose certain requirements relating to the operation of abattoirs and intensive livestock keeping facilities for the purposes of ensuring the humane treatment of stock animals.

That this House congratulates Uncle Max Dulumunmun Harrison, revered elder of the Yuin people on the South Coast of New South Wales, on his many years of dedicated work with the Ngaran Ngaran Cultural Awareness Training Consultancy; and on teaching his traditional culture to thousands of people, including architects, environmentalists, Government Ministers and advisers, medical practitioners, researchers and international students; as well as presenting at the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne.